As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly check allergen information on your food labels.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open the current approved recipe, product specification, supplier specifications and internal allergen matrix for the product.
   2. Photograph every relevant label panel in good light, including the ingredients list, allergen emphasis, precautionary wording, storage instructions and product name.
   3. Paste the approved documents into a chatbot and attach the label photographs using the prompt provided.
   4. Ask the model to produce its comparison table and separate confirmed matches from missing evidence, unreadable text and possible cross-contact issues.
   5. Compare every flagged ingredient and allergen against the current approved specification and supplier documents, not against the model's assumptions.
   6. Ask a competent quality or food safety colleague to resolve each discrepancy and record the evidence and decision in your quality-control system.
   7. Only release the label after the authorised person has approved the corrected artwork and retained the comparison record.

   Prompt

   Check the attached food label images against the approved product information below. Extract the label text exactly where possible, then produce a table with these columns: label wording, relevant ingredient or allergen, evidence in the approved specification, match status, and action needed. Check the current UK allergen requirements and the approved recipe, supplier specification and allergen matrix I provide, but do not rely on a guess or fill a gap from general knowledge. Flag unclear photographs, missing specifications, possible cross-contact, inconsistent precautionary wording, and any discrepancy between the label and the approved information. Do not approve the label for sale, give legal certainty, or invent an ingredient, allergen or supplier fact. End with a short list of questions a competent food safety or quality colleague must resolve before release.
   
   Label images:
   [ATTACH CLEAR PHOTOS OF EVERY RELEVANT LABEL PANEL]
   
   Approved recipe or product specification:
   [PASTE CURRENT APPROVED DOCUMENT]
   
   Supplier specifications and allergen information:
   [PASTE CURRENT SUPPLIER DOCUMENTS]
   
   Allergen matrix and internal labelling rules:
   [PASTE CURRENT INTERNAL DOCUMENTS]

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.